Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of scholars of African music


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. postdlf (talk) 19:37, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

List of scholars of African music

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Unreferenced list with no set criteria. This article was DePRODed by an editor who has a history of DePRODing articles without any rationale. Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 09:47, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 10:31, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 10:31, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 10:31, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 10:32, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep as a well-recognized academic subdiscipline (see the African Music Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology) but trim only to bluelinked articles per the usual conventions for open-ended Wikipedia lists. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:21, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I should add also: trim only to bluelinked articles that clearly state and source scholarly work in African ethnomusicology. The "no set criteria" claim is a red herring, not a valid reason for deletion, as it's easy enough to create appropriate criteria. The past history of the unprodder is also not a valid deletion rationale. So as an AfD with no valid deletion rationale stated, this could potentially be a speedy keep. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:08, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unreferenced, no set criteria, and probably original research. List consists of mostly non notable BLPs. Ajf773 (talk) 18:57, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Cleaned up to only bluelinked entries, it's fine. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 19:48, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 01:32, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep: meets WP:LISTN; contains blue-linked entries. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:34, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep as list has clear inclusion criteria, only contains blue-linked entries, and has suitable references supporting its status as a notable set or group in its own right. Meets WP:LISTN. Thanks to for putting in the work to improve the article. Bakazaka (talk) 05:33, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep The topic passes WP:LISTN; see Representing African Music, for example. As for the proposed deletion, this was improperly placed on a new good faith article and the contributor has not edited since.  This action was contrary to WP:PROD, "for uncontroversial deletion ...must only be used if no opposition to the deletion is expected" and WP:BITE "nothing scares potentially valuable contributors away faster than hostility". Andrew D. (talk) 14:09, 21 November 2018 (UTC)


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